https://k4i.com/tags/demographics/ Recent content in Demographics on k4i.com Hugo en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/chinas-economic-problem-strong-supply-weak-demand/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/chinas-economic-problem-strong-supply-weak-demand/ <p>China&rsquo;s 15th Five-Year Plan is candid, in its way, about the structural problems in the Chinese economy. It characterizes the situation as &ldquo;strong supply and weak demand&rdquo; — a polite phrase for a serious imbalance. Chinese industry produces more than Chinese consumers absorb. The gap gets filled by exports. The exports generate trade friction. The trade friction produces the tariffs and decoupling pressures that the plan then has to work around.</p>